Category: Transit News

McCann School of Business & Technology in Lewisburg to Launch CDL: Class A Tractor-Trailer Training Program

McCann School of Business & Technology in Lewisburg to Launch CDL: Class A Tractor-Trailer Training Program

| August 23, 2023

Enrollment now open for McCann’s first commercial driver training program that starts in September The McCann School of Business & Technology at Lewisburg, a part of the Ancora network of vocational schools and a leading workforce training provider, is set to launch a Commercial Drivers License (CDL): Class A tractor-trailer training program September 18, 2023, that will prepare students to sit […]

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ATA Truck Tonnage Index Decreased 0.8% in July

ATA Truck Tonnage Index Decreased 0.8% in July

| August 23, 2023

Index 3.0% Below July 2022 American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index decreased 0.8% in July after falling 0.3% in June. In July, the index equaled 112.9 (2015=100) compared with 113.8 in June. “Headwinds for freight remained in July, pushing the truck tonnage index lower,” said ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello. “As has been […]

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Penske Reaffirms Longstanding Commitment to Veteran Hiring by Joining U.S. Army’s PaYS Program

Penske Reaffirms Longstanding Commitment to Veteran Hiring by Joining U.S. Army’s PaYS Program

| August 22, 2023

The PaYS Program is a strategic partnership between the Army and a cross section of private industry, academia and state and local public institutes Penske Transportation Solutions furthered its ongoing commitment to veteran hiring across its truck rental, truck leasing and logistics businesses in by signing a strategic commitment with the U.S. Army Partnership for Your Success (PaYS) program. “We’re honored to begin this […]

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NY Governor Kathy Hochul advanced clean transportation with a major milestone in the State’s transformative, $1.7 billion Hunts Point Access Project

NY Governor Kathy Hochul advanced clean transportation with a major milestone in the State’s transformative, $1.7 billion Hunts Point Access Project

| August 22, 2023

More than 78,000 vehicles travel to the Hunts Point Peninsula daily, including 13,000 trucks using local roads, which has contributed to poor air quality in the community Governor Kathy Hochul today advanced clean transportation and access improvements in the Bronx including a major milestone in the State’s transformative, $1.7 billion Hunts Point Access Improvement Project. […]

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Volvo Trucks Deploys FH LNG Trucks in Exclusive, One-Time Pilot with Linde Canada 

Volvo Trucks Deploys FH LNG Trucks in Exclusive, One-Time Pilot with Linde Canada 

| August 22, 2023

Linde Canada aims to capture the performance, CO2 emission reductions, and other operational benefits of LNG-powered tractors in its long-haul operations Volvo Trucks North America is working with Linde Canada Inc., a leading industrial gas and engineering company, in an exclusive, one-time pilot, importing five Volvo FH LNG (liquified natural gas) powered trucks to Canada. […]

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DAT Truckload Volume Index: July freight volumes and rates chilled by seasonality

DAT Truckload Volume Index: July freight volumes and rates chilled by seasonality

| August 21, 2023

Despite month-over-month declines, the reefer and flatbed TVI numbers were the highest on record for July Truckload freight volumes fell last month and national benchmark spot rates for dry van and refrigerated (“reefer”) loads retreated from their gains in June, reported DAT Freight & Analytics, which operates the industry’s largest online freight marketplace and DAT […]

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